List of IBM CEOs (original) (raw)

The following is a chronological list of people who have served as chief executive officer of IBM, an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. * Thomas J. Watson (1914–1956) * Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (1956–1971) * T. Vincent Learson (1971–1973) * Frank T. Cary (1973–1981) * John R. Opel (1981–1985) * John Fellows Akers (1985–1993) * Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (1993–2002) * Samuel J. Palmisano (2002–2012) * Ginni Rometty (2012–2020) * Arvind Krishna (2020–)